How to secure a work phone against data loss?

Corporate mobile devices process an ever-growing amount of sensitive data, yet they are usually protected less well than computers, even though they leave the office every day. All it takes is a lost phone, a theft, or a cyberattack – which can start with a single click on a link in a fraudulent message – for company data to fall outside the organization's control. How can this risk be reduced? The answer lies in proper procedures, security policies and MDM tools that allow mobile devices to be managed centrally.